What I thought was going to be a grey Dartmoor day, turned into a stunner with broken cloud and some beautiful light. Leaving from Princetown Prison "Viewpoint" I took the bridleway to Bachelor's Hall stopping to quickly photograph the Devonport Leat for my ongoing project. Next up I had to navigate a field with a Bull in it. As he was chilling half on the path I decided to give him a wide berth and take a route behind him. As it happens he didn't even move, but it's still a nervous time!
Dartmoor Tors and Hilltops
My Journey visiting all of Dartmoors Tors and Hilltops as listed in "Walking the Tors and Hilltops of Dartmoor" by A.D. Johnson he created a list of 190 points within the National Park Boundary as based on the OS Landranger 1:25000 Map. Also extending that list using the amazing https://www.torsofdartmoor.co.uk website.
Friday, 1 November 2024
Six Tors and a Crock of Gold
Thursday, 1 February 2024
Friday, 22 July 2022
Tor 200!
Saturday, 12 February 2022
Braddon Tor
I have always looked over to Braddon Tor (197) SX622799 and thought that I really should go and visit this area. It's a puzzle why an outcrop of this size isn't named on the OS Map, and it was only a visit to https://www.torsofdartmoor.co.uk/ that I discovered it's name. It's a beautiful tor with great views.
Monday, 1 November 2021
Plan C - Dartmoor North to South
Every year I take part in the Original Mountain Marathon on the last weekend of October. Last year was cancelled due to Covid and so I was really looking forward to this years race starting from Langdale, Lake District. Unfortunately nature had other ideas and on Thursday morning a storm ripped through the event centre destroying the marquee and led to the cancellation of the event. With bags already packed and not wanting to miss the opportunity to catch up with my running partner Oliver, we came up with the plan to do a two day North to South of Dartmoor. Starting from the Ten Tors start near Okehampton Army Camp. Full route here. We managed to find a "suitable" camping spot near Fox Tor and survived a wild night during which we experienced heavy rain and wind.
New Tors - High Wilhays (1)
Dartmoor 365 - D7 - High Wilhays, P10 - Childe's Tomb
Monday, 22 March 2021
Rowden Tor
Tuesday, 9 February 2021
Shap Tor
Really cold but beautiful day out. Lockdown 3 means walking from the house, and this is the closest tor to me on the list, but still a good 6km walk and a good amount of climb. The climb out of Bovey Tracey is a shock to the system but once half way up Furzeleigh Lane a lot of the climbing is out of the way and it's a beautiful woodland walk through National Trust and Woodland Trust land. Shap Tor (177) itself is in thick woodland so getting a photo is difficult but there is an impressive amount rock on show and great views down to Bovey Tracey and over to Haytor Rocks from the obvious summits. I took the path back through Shaptor Farm before winding my way through the lanes and footpaths back to Bovey Tracey and eventually Heathfield. All in all a stunning day, my only regret is that I haven't thought about doing this before